The NSW Government has again issued a blanket refusal to implement pill testing at music festivals, even despite yet another death at a festival over the New Year’s period.
“People’s health, their lives, are being jeopardised by some of these foolish pursuits.”
“The number one problem is that what they are proposing is some sort of quality assurance measure for an illegal drug, for drug traffickers, to be conducted by police and the New South Wales Government. Well, that’s just not going to happen.”“It gives people a false sense of security that they pill test and somehow know the contents of it and it’s okay to consume. The clear message is it isn’t. It’s an illegal drug because it is dangerous, it is likely to kill you or cause irreversible harm.”
Drug expert advocates for pill testing are risking lives giving a false sense of security. Drugs are illegal because they are dangerous! https://t.co/78mMnz4P7F
— Troy Grant (@troygrant) January 3, 2017
The issue of pill testing at music festivals is again on the agenda after one man died and a further two were placed onto life support after ingesting an “unknown substance” at a New Year’s rave on the Queensland/New South Wales border.
